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About “To Pimp a Butterfly [Tracklist + Album Art]”

Kendrick Lamar’s third studio album was the most acclaimed album of 2015. It received a Metascore of 96, and topped most album-of-the-year lists.

The album explores what it means to be a rich black American in the 2010s. It draws influence from a variety of black musics – funk, soul, jazz, pop, and hip hop – and references cultural icons from Ralph Ellison and Marcus Garvey to Michael Jackson and James Brown.

During an interview with MTV, Kendrick revealed that the original album title was going to be 2 Pimp A Caterpillar – which of course spells the acronym 2PAC.